Mountain prison escape pans manhunt for Ray and six others
PETHOS Tenn AP searchers broadened a 10 square mile sweep near Brushy Mountain State Prison for James Earl Ray and five other escapees after a fire and climb over a wall. Bloodhounds tracked scents as authorities pushed through snake infested terrain with roadblocks and infrared teams.
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Pethos
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Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray
Charles Bass
Corrections
Larry Hacker
Bass
Ray
Brushy Mountain State Prison
A Nightmare Plagued Rebel James Earl Ray’s Escapes
James Earl Ray, the man who fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr in 1968, has again escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison. The 49 year old loner and drifter, famed for failing at most endeavors, joined six other fugitives in a staged prison fight that allowed them to scale prison walls. Ray, born in Missouri, spent most of his life in and out of jail, adopting many aliases, and was captured in London on June 8, 1968 after a global manhunt. He later pleaded guilty to King’s murder, then recanted, and spent years in appeals.
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Petros
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Brushy Mountain State
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Germany
Missouri State Prison
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Memphis
London
Toronto
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Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
FBI
Ramon George Sneyd
U.S. Supreme Court
Eight Dead as Dutch Commandos Storm Train and School
Dutch commandos backed by jets and armored cars stormed the northern Holland train and a village school at dawn freeing 53 hostages held for 20 days by South Moluccan gunmen. Three dozen killed and wounded, including hostages and gunmen, with the terrorist leader Max identified and clashes ending after a swift assault.
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Assen
Netherlands
Max
J. M. 0. Monsjou
Groningen
M. van Baarsel
Elat
Holland
Bovensmilde
Emergency Network to Aid Western Kansas Victims
Western Kansas will get a state funded Emergency Medical Communications Network to speed ambulance dispatch and hospital readiness. Four service stages will link ambulances and doctors in Garden City Dodge City Ulysses Colby and Hays via high frequency radio and telephone. The one year cost is 490000 with county funding thereafter about 2000 per year per county. Plan aims to improve home care nurse clinician training and physician recruitment through KU Medical Center.
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Rita Shelley
Kansas
Dwight Metzler
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Metzler
Garden “City
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Dodge City
Ulysses
Colby
Hays
University of Kansas Medical Center
Former Garden City residents featured in personal column
Janet Anderson, now in Denver, rose from amputation to national amputee ski prominence with wins in Winter Park and Grand Bernard, France. Also profiled are Mike Foster and Mary Foster of Masonville, Colorado artisans in stained glass, and former coach John Riggs Sr. at Wathena High alumni banquet in Lindsborg.
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Denver
George L. Andersons
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Colorado
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France
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Mary
Aaron
Masonville
Loveland
Mike
Loveland Reporter-Herald
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Bill Foster
Pat
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Riggs
Faye
Lakin
Holcomb
Wathena High School
Wathena
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Garden City Lelegram
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Hi City
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Ardena Reeve
M. P
Jack
Reeve
New Mexico
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Los Angeles
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van Ayl
Joop den Uyl
Indonesia
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Johan Alvares Manusama
Amsterdam
Het Parool
Margret Wiegers
Janneke
Estee Lauder
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Y John Frazier
Mom Riggs
Lindsborg
John Jr
Gus Garden
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